[SoaS] Blueberry Testing Questions

[Sebastian Dziallas]

Hi Caroline,

Caroline Meeks wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> Is there a Blueberry Boothelper we can download so we can test on
> machines that need the boothelper?

I've hinted several times at the appropriate script in our GIT repo, 
which is here: 
http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/soas/repos/mainline/blobs/master/boot-helper-creator.sh

If you download and execute this script while specifying a downloaded 
SoaS .iso image as parameter, it should get you a nicely working boot 
helper.

We're not going to create boot helpers for every snapshot in the release 
process, but might do so at a later time (e.g. for v3) automatically. 
Once Blueberry is to be released, we'll provide a boot helper for 
download, though.

> What drivers do we know are not on the spin and won't be?  Is there a
> page with instructions on how to load these drivers manually?

I don't have a complete list. We're supporting exactly what Fedora 
supports. Not more and not less. Firstly, because there's usually a good 
reason when Fedora doesn't ship a driver. And secondly, because we'd 
need to support something we're unable to support (at least without the 
appropriate man-power in that sector).

Usually, a number of additional drivers can be easily accessed and 
installed through yum using RPM Fusion (www.rpmfusion.org).

So if you tried a Fedora Live CD, that should get you about the same 
result with regard to driver support, as when using SoaS.

--Sebastian

> Thanks,
> Caroline
>
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